from xlrd import open_workbook,cellname
book = open_workbook('simple.xls')
sheet = book.sheet_by_index(0)
print sheet.name
print sheet.nrows
print sheet.ncols
for row_index in range(sheet.nrows):
    for col_index in range(sheet.ncols):
        print cellname(row_index,col_index),'-',
        print sheet.cell(row_index,col_index).value